Cultural Project - Ancient Egypt

Teachers: Jessica Avery, Amanda Wray, Megan Sherman, Tate Moore

Grade: 1
Date and Time: 4/18/16 at 4:00
School: College of Charleston
Name of Lesson: Create your own hieroglyphics! And Ancient Egyptian Dance Activity
Fine Arts Area: Visual Arts and Dance
Infused Core Area: ELA
Standards (each area)

Objectives (the students will)

Assessments (Formal/Informal

ELA: Standard 2: Articulate

ideas, claims, and
perspectives in a logical
sequence using information,
findings, and credible
evidence from sources.

SWBAT create a story based

off of a painting using
information that is covered in
class

Informal: Teacher observation

Formal: See checklist

Visual Arts: VA1-3.1

Recognize and describe the
content in a work of visual
art.

SWBAT use paint

hieroglyphics to tell a part of
a story.

Informal: Teacher observation

Formal: See checklist

Dance: D1-2.4 Work with a

partner or in a small group
during the choreographic
process.

Students will work together

in groups to dance an event
in Ancient Egyptian history.

Informal: Teacher observation

Formal: Use a checklist to if
students are working
together, choreographing
dances, and participating in
the group presentation.

ELA: RI.K.2 With prompting

and support, identify the main
topic and retell key details
of a text

Students will retell an event

in Ancient Egyptian history.

Informal: Teacher observation

Formal: Use a checklist to if
students are working
together, choreographing
dances, and participating in
the group presentation.

Artistic Vocabulary: paint brush, watercolor, brush strokes,

Core Vocabulary: hieroglyphics, summarize, information,
Cross Over Links to Each Area:
1. Reflection on art piece and using the alphabet of hieroglyphics to explain the scene
2. Demonstrate understanding of a ceremony or dance by portraying it through dance

Preparation/Materials/Resources
Paint
Paint brushes
Paper
Hieroglyphic alphabet
Pharaoh painting
PowerPoint Presentation
Anticipatory Set:
1.
What do you think of when you think of ancient egyptian art?
2.
How many people think of the beautiful pyramids, or hieroglyphics, or tradition? Do you
also think about paintings and sculpture, musical instruments and dance? Those too were an
important part of the Ancient Egyptian culture

Procedures:
1. TTW ask the students What do you think of when you think of ancient egyptian art?
2. TSW reflect on what they thought of for ancient egyptian art and the other components they
may not have thought of
3. TTW present the powerpoint.
4. TTW show the Egyptian Painting, sculpture, and architecture and give students a moment to
view and form thoughts
5. TTW explain hieroglyphics
6. TTW encourage students to use the hieroglyphic alphabet provided to create a word or two
about the painting (Ex: such as royalty, throne)
7. Have a student from each group come up and present their words and have the class guess
what they wrote
8. TTW continue to the powerpoint and further discuss the remaining aspects of egyptian art
9. TSW in small table groups select one of the four types of dance:
a. Enthronement of a new king
b. Religious functions - muu, men wearing crowns of reeds.
c. Funerals
d. Exotic dancers exercised a special attraction
10. TSW perform their dances for the entire class using various steps and hand clapping
11. TSW guess which dance ceremony their peers are portraying

Clean up/ Close out/ Review

1.
Great Job Today! Those were some fabulous dances you all created! I love how (point
out a positive from each groups performance). Does anyone have any remaining questions or
thoughts they want to share?
Thank you class!
Assessment:

Criteria:

Yes the Student

does demonstrate
this skill

A bit but needs

more elaboration or
detail

Student does not

demonstrate this
skills

Student uses a
variety of
hieroglyphics
Student Portrays
Main Point in key
words in writing
Student creates a
story from the
painting
Student exemplifies
creative thinking
Student
Demonstrates
connection between
the Egyptian
Alphabet and Art

Group
Number:

1
2
3
4

Worked well
with their group
and was open
and inclusive
of all ideas
shared

Students
incorporated a
variety of steps
and rhythm into
the performance

Students used
key details to
accurately
depict a dance
ceremony

Everyone
participated in
the dance
presentation